''Acraea pudorina'', the Kenyan fiery acraea, is a
butterfly in the family
Nymphalidae. It is found in central and southern
Kenya and
Tanzania.
Description
Very similar to ''
Acraea acrita
''Acraea acrita'', the fiery acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in large parts of Africa.
Description
The wingspan is 45–55 mm.
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Taxonomy
''Acraea pudorina'' is a member of the ''Acraea acrita''
species group. The other
clade
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members are:
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Acraea acrita
''Acraea acrita'', the fiery acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in large parts of Africa.
Description
The wingspan is 45–55 mm.
''A. acrita'' is very variable, but may always be known by the veins not being b ...
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Acraea chaeribula''
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Acraea eltringhamiana
''Acraea eltringhamiana'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Zambia (from the northern part of the country to Lake Bangweulu) and the south-eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
''Acraea eltringhamiana'' is ...
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Acraea guluensis
''Acraea guluensis'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in northern Uganda and southern Sudan.
Taxonomy
''Acraea guluensis'' is a member of the ''Acraea acrita'' species group. The clade members are:
*''Acraea guluensis''
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Acraea lualabae
''Acraea lualabae'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba).
Description
In 1912, Harry Eltringham wrote:
Description in Seitz
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Acraea manca''
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Acraea utengulensis
''Acraea utengulensis'', the Tanzanian fiery acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in northern and central Tanzania and Zambia.
Taxonomy
''Acraea utengulensis'' is a member of the ''Acraea acrita'' species group. The cl ...
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Classification of Acraea by Henning, Henning & Williams, Pierre. J. & Bernaud
*''Acraea'' (group ''acrita'') Henning, 1993
*''Acraea'' (''Rubraea'') Henning & Williams, 2010
*''Acraea'' (''Acraea'') (supraspecies ''acrita'')
*''Acraea'' (''Acraea'') Groupe ''egina'' Pierre & Bernaud, 2014
[Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre ''Acraea']
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References
External links
''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 55
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Butterflies described in 1885
pudorina
Butterflies of Africa
Taxa named by Otto Staudinger
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